[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki) › 25.9 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.9 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 25.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [25.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.1) saprātar anuvākam etad ahar divā kīrtyam bhavati / > Together with the morning litany, this day is to be celebrated during the day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.2) saprātar anuvākena sapatnī samyājena etena ahnā purād ity asyās tam ayāt samīpseyuḥ / (soma: viṣuvat) > Together with the morning litany, together with the Patnīsaṃyāja offerings, they should strive to complete this day before the setting of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.3) agnim manye pitaram agnim āpim ity etayā hotā tad ahaḥ prātar anuvākam pratipadyate / (soma: viṣuvat) > With 'I think of Agni as father, Agni as friend', the hotṛ begins the morning litany on that day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.4) āpim ity āpo revatyai rūpeṇa / > Through \[the word\] 'friend', it has the form of 'Rich in Waters'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.5) divi śukram yajatam sūryasya iti sūryavatī / (soma: viṣuvat) > With 'bright in heaven, the adorable \[chariot\] of the sun', it contains \[the word\] sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.6) tad etasya ahno rūpam / > That is the characteristic mark of this day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.7) tad u ha sma āha kauṣītakiḥ / > Concerning this Kauṣītaki used to say: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.8) prajāpatir vai prātar anuvākaḥ / > 'Prajāpati indeed is the morning litany. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.9) na tamasa etam yathā yatham eva tam upākuryuḥ / > Not thus \[should it be modified\]; they should begin it just according to its proper manner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.10) tat tasya samṛddham / > That is what is successful for it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.11) tathā yathā yatham upāṃśv antaryāmau hūyete / (soma: viṣuvat) > Even as the Upāṃśu and Antaryāma draughts are offered each in its proper manner; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.12) tad u tayoḥ samṛddham iti / > so that is what is successful for them both.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.13) vasiṣṭham āprī sūktam sam raśmibhis tatanaḥ sūryasya iti sūryavat / (soma: viṣuvat) > The Āprī hymn is Vasiṣṭha's; with 'thou hast spread with the rays of the sun' it contains \[the word\] sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.14) tad etasya ahno rūpam / > That is the characteristic mark of this day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.15) śukra etasya ahnaḥ piṅga akṣo hotā syād iti ha eka āhuḥ / (soma: viṣuvat) > Some indeed say: 'The hotṛ for this day should be fair, with yellow-brown eyes.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.16) amum vā etena ahnā īpsanti yo asau tapati / > For they seek to attain by this day that one who shines yonder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.17) tad yathā śreyāṃsam āharann upeyād evam tat / (soma: viṣuvat) > Just as one would approach a superior while bringing \[a gift\], even so is that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.18) yathā upapādam iti tv eva sthitam / > However, the settled rule is: 'Just as he happens to be.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.19) śastreṇa eva etasya ahno rūpam sampādyiṣeyuḥ / > They should accomplish the characteristic mark of this day by means of the recitation alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.20) sauryaḥ paśur upālambhyaḥ savanīyasya / (soma: viṣuvat) > A victim to Sūrya is to be seized in addition to the pressing victim. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.21) sa upāṃśu bhavati / > It is \[offered\] in a whisper. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.22) sa yas tam nirbrūyāt / > If anyone should speak it aloud— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.23) yas tam tatra brūyāt / > if one should say of him there: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.24) duścarmā kilāsī bhaviṣyati iti tathā ha syāt / (soma: viṣuvat) > 'He will become afflicted with bad skin and white leprosy', so indeed it would happen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.25) te vā ete catvāra eva paśava upāṃśu bhavanti / > These four victims indeed are \[offered\] in a whisper: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.26) sauryaḥ sāvitraḥ prājāpatyo vāg devatya iti / (soma: viṣuvat) > to Sūrya, to Savitṛ, to Prajāpati, and to Vāc. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.27) atha anye niruktāḥ / > Now the others are explicitly stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9.28) atha trīnt svara sāmna āvṛttān upayanti teṣām uktam brāhmaṇam / (soma: viṣuvat) > Then they undertake the three Svarasāman days in reverse order; the Brāhmaṇa explanation of them has \[already\] been told. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.25.9.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.9) · Pramāṇa